Frugality is one thing, avarice another.
Nature is harmony in discord.
Blind self-love, vanity, lifting aloft her empty head, and indiscretion, prodigal of secrets more transparent than glass, follow close behind.
O citizens, first acquire wealth; you can practice virtue afterward.
The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion the snare laid for her, and the fish the hook in its concealment.
Whatever hour God has blessed you with, take it with a grateful hand.